Bail-ear for pails.



H. L. STALEY & W. B. SIMMONS.

BAIL EAR FOR PAILS.

PPLICATION FILED APR.28,1916

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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HARRISON L. STALEY, 0F MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA, AND VJ'ALTER B. SIMMONS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORS TO VJILTS VENEER COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF NGRTH CARGLIN'A.

BAIL-EAR FOB FAILS.

Application filed. April 28, 1915.

To all whom z'tfmag concern:

Be it known that we, I'IARRISON L. Sunny and WALTER B. SIMMONS, citizens of the United States of America, and residents, respectively, of Martinsville, county of Morgan, and State of Indiana, and Richmond, county of Henrico, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Ears for Pails, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an extremely inexpensive, yet adequately strong, bail ear, and one which may be readily and strongly anchored to the body of the pail Without employment of separate fastening devices, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a pail provided with our improved bail ear;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view 011 the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33- of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the sheet metal blank from which the ear is bent into shape.

Ihis improved ear is struck up from a sheet metal blank approximately diamond shaped. This blank is provided with two parallel longitudinal slits a formed approximately mid length of the blank, and also with two slits b extending from the opposite side edges of-the blank upwardly toward the middle of the blank, forming approximately triangular tabs 0 sharpened at their lower ends cl.

To form the loop 6 for engagement with the eye of the bail, the metal between the two slits a is bent outwardly and slightly- Patented Apr. 3, 191%.

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thus providing four backwardly-turned pointed members which can be driven through the pail wall and clenched on the inner side of the pail, as shown. In this way, we provide a nail-like fastening device attached to each corner of the plate, and it will be observed that the flat faces of these nail-like entering points face upwardly in the direction of strain when the loaded pail is being carried by means of its bail. In this way, the ear plate is very firmly anchored without the employment of extraneous fastening devices, and, by having the fiat faces of the anchoring points facing upwardly in the direction of the pull, as stated, a sufficiently secure anchoring means is provided to enable us to make the ear of light-weight sheet metal.

It will be observed that the slits I) extend upwardly to a point beyond the bending lines 7", the object of this is to enable the tabs 0 to be bent outwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, far enough to allow 70 the bent-in points 03 to clear the face of the pail while the upper and lower points are being driven into the pail. After the upper and lower points are driven home, then the side points are driven into the pail, thus flattening the tabs 0 against the side of the pail.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A bail ear for buckets, consisting of a diamond shaped plate, pointed at its upper and lower ends, said ends being bent inwardly to form entering points whose flat faces face upwardly, said plate being provided with a pair of slits approximately in its center, the metal between the slits being bent outwardly to form a loop for the bail eye, said plate being provided with side slits extending from the lower converging edges of the plate upwardly into the body 90 of the plate, to thereby form sharpened tabs, the points of these tabs being bent backwardly to form entering points whose fiat sides face upwardly.

2. A sheet metal bail ear approximately diamond shaped and provided with a loop for engagement with the bail eye and havforming side tabs, these tabs having their sharpened free points bent backwardly to form entering points, the line of bending being below the upper ends of the slits for the purpose set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 15 day of April 1916.

HARRISON L. STALEY.

Witnesses:

MARY E. Euson,

BERNICE GUTHRIDGE. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this 27th day of April 1916.

WALTER. B. SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

E. R. WILLHISU,

H. R. SoHEnER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

